Filibuster nets Davis big campaign donation

Annie’s List announced it has contributed $50,000 to the campaign of Sen. Wendy Davis, who hit the national spotlight and heated up the state’s debate over abortion regulations with an 11-hour filibuster.

A spokesperson with the senator’s office was not immediately available to discuss if this is the largest donation Davis has received, or how much has been contributed since her success delaying the abortion proposal. The picture should be clearer next week when new campaign finance reports are due.

It is not the first time Annie’s List, an organization that supports women Democrats running for state office, has boosted Davis’ campaign.

In fact, the group has contributed more to Davis’ campaigns than anyone else be, according to Texas Ethics Commission filings gathered and tallied by the Texas Tribune. In 32 donations, the organization has given the senator $571,944.

“We have been standing strong behind Senator Davis since 2008, when we recruited her to run for the Texas Senate in a swing district seat held by a 20-year incumbent,” Annie’s List Executive Director Grace Garcia said in a press release. “Since then, she has time and again been our mission in action—she’s a strong, outspoken Democratic woman who never runs from a fight, and instead leads the charge for Texas women and their families on the issues that matter most to them.”